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                <p class="p_BodyText"><span class="f_BodyText">The </span><span class="f_UIControl">Diagram Appearance</span><span class="f_BodyText"> page of the </span><span class="f_UIControl">Options</span><span class="f_BodyText"> dialog enables you to define how diagrams and their contents appear on display.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" bgcolor="#e3e6ed" style="width:190px; background-color:#e3e6ed; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tableheader"><span class="f_Tableheader">Option</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Configure Default Element Fonts</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext"><a href="set_default_fonts.htm">Set the default model and user text fonts</a>.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Renderer</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the type of renderer used.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Default Element Border Width</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Set the default element border width (in pixels).</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><a name="scaleup"></a><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Scale view by</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Automatically increase the size of all objects on a diagram by up to 50%, without affecting other users reading that diagram.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">You can perform the same function with the Zoom Slider on the </span><span class="f_UIControl"><a href="statusbar.htm">Status</a></span><span class="f_Tabletext"> bar; changes in the 'zoomed' display scale of a diagram update this field and affect any other diagrams that you open.</span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">This has no impact any other diagram Zoom facility in Enterprise Architect.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Anti-aliased Diagram Rendering</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Smooth curves and diagonal lines in diagrams, so that staggered vertical or horizontal pixels are less obvious.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Print in Color</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Print your diagrams in color. Deselect the checkbox to print the diagrams in black and white.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Anti-aliased text</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Force text anti-aliasing in diagrams. </span></p>
<p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">If you deselect the checkbox, Enterprise Architect applies the MS Windows default setting. Therefore, if you do not want to use anti-aliasing, ensure that the Windows anti-aliasing default is also set to OFF.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Compress text to fit within Element</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Determine the behavior of Enterprise Architect when text at </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-style: italic;">zoom</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> levels other than 100% would not fit inside the boundary of an element. Enterprise Architect either compresses the text to fit within the boundary, or expands the element.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Bold Element Names</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display element names in bold text.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Element Shadows On</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Display a shadow around the bottom and right edges of each element in a diagram.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Invert rotated text for metafiles</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Use different text format when external metafile readers are causing issues.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Use Watermark</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Add a watermark to any diagrams you print.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Text</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Define the watermark text, if a watermark is to be used.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Show Gradient Fill for Paper Color </span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Switch between having a color gradient in the diagram background, or having a solid, uniform background color.</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="190" style="width:190px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">Gradient Fill Direction For an Element</span></p>
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<td valign="top" width="469" style="width:469px; border: solid 1px #000000;"><p class="p_Tabletext"><span class="f_Tabletext">Select the direction for the color gradient within element boxes, or </span><span class="f_Tabletext" style="font-weight: bold;">&lt;none&gt;</span><span class="f_Tabletext"> for no color gradient.</span></p>
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